Because the novel and the film were written almost ninety years apart, the settings were very different. Modernism transpires everywhere in the film. Everything seems full of vitality. Vibrant shades and lights are on display everywhere, especially at Gatsby's parties. His parties resembled Cirque Du Soleil in the movie. In stark contrast, Fitzgerald described Gatsby's parties as mischievous, yet sophisticated. There were no rotating or strobe lights like in the film, because such things were not commercially available in the 1920s. Gatsby's parties weren't the only place to be revitalized. The novel and the film Valley of Ashes were in clear contrast. The “Film Valley of Ashes” contained ash, but was far from sterile. It may have been arid and sparsely vegetated, but it was densely populated with sprawling skyscrapers and busy citizens. The “Novel Valley of Ashes” had citizens, but they were very small in number. In theory, the “Novel Valley of Ashes” was too boring to be included in the lively film that Luhrmann